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Graham, Barbara Elaine 'Bonnie' b. June 26, 1923 d. June 3, 1955Convicted murderer of Mabel Monahan. There is speculation as to her guilt or innocence. Her story was told in the 1958 movie "I Want To Live," starring Susan Hayward as Graham and a remake in the 1980s starring Lindsey Wagner.Cause of death: Executed by gas chamberMount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USAPlot: Sec D 551 GPS coordinates: 38.0028725, -122.5401688 (hddd.dddd)

Leone, Maria b. March 5, 1928 d. October 14, 2012Opera Singer. A soprano, she is remembered for her busy three years at the Metropolitan Opera. Raised in Detroit, she studied voice there and in Rome then received weekly lessons in Baltimore from the legendary Rosa Ponselle. Maria won the 1951 Metropolitan Opera Auditions of the Air and sang the first of her 128 performances with the company on November 20, 1953, as a Peasant Girl in Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro". Over the next years she was heard as several of Verdi's second ladies...[Read More] (Bio by: Bob Hufford)Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA

Mails, John 'Duster' b. October 1, 1894 d. July 5, 1974Major League Baseball Player. The left-hander pitched briefly for Brooklyn in 1915-16. Then he came back to the big leagues in 1920 and helped the Cleveland Indians win the American League pennant by going 7-0 with a 1.85 earned run average in nine games. He completed six of eight starts as Cleveland beat the scandal-ridden Chicago White Sox by two games and New York by three. With Cleveland ahead three games to two against Brooklyn in the best-of-nine World Series, Indians manager Tris Speaker...[Read More] (Bio by: Ron Coons)Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA

McNamee, Joe b. September 24, 1926 d. July 16, 2011Professional Basketball Player. Born John Joseph McNamee, he attended the University of San Francisco and was a key contributor on Pete Newell's Dons' squad which capture the 1949 National Invitation Tournament (NIT), as they upset Loyola of Chicago 48 to 47. Selected by Rochester during the 1st round 9th overall pick) of the 1950 NBA Draft, he played at the center and forward position for two seasons (1950 to 1952) with the Royals and Baltimore Bullets. He experienced a championship season...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)Mount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USA

Spinelli, Juanita b. October 17, 1889 d. November 21, 1941First woman to die in the gas chamber at San Quentin Federal Prison. She was convicted of First Degree Murder (premeditated). Nicknamed “the Duchess” by her fellow gang members for her haughty demeanor, she and her common-law husband, Michael Simeone, along with two others, drugged and murdered another member of their gang, 19-year-old Robert Sherrard. Born October 17, 1889, as Eithel Leta Juanita Spinelli, in Kentucky. It would be brought out at her trial that she had once been a wrestler and...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)Cause of death: Execution by lethal gasMount Olivet Catholic Cemetery, San Rafael, Marin County, California, USAPlot: Section G, Row 30, Lot 18 (no grave marker)